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General Drivers side door handle HANGING OFF!!!!!! :(
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General Drivers side door handle HANGING OFF!!!!!! :(
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krossi
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Yep, to get shot of it, and never go near a Fiat again.
Your making a absolute mountain out of a mole hill, your car could easily be fixed for I reckon around £150..
p.s. I have worked in loads of garages and if you think Fiats are bad then you haven't seen half of it, trust me!
madrat
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This is the list of faults that our 500 has had.
power steering failure
hill holder constant fault
boot lock jammed
boot lock wiring shorted out
clutch peddle snapped
washers packed up
handbrake cable brackets snapped
door handle snapped
oil change warning fault
numberplate light wiring failed
eats sidelight bulbs
steering lock stopped working
All in the first 3 years
This has been the most unreliable Fiat we have ever had (we have had many) and will definatly make us think twice about getting another.
power steering failure
hill holder constant fault
boot lock jammed
boot lock wiring shorted out
clutch peddle snapped
washers packed up
handbrake cable brackets snapped
door handle snapped
oil change warning fault
numberplate light wiring failed
eats sidelight bulbs
steering lock stopped working
All in the first 3 years
This has been the most unreliable Fiat we have ever had (we have had many) and will definatly make us think twice about getting another.
This is the list of faults that our 500 has had.
power steering failure
hill holder constant fault
boot lock jammed
boot lock wiring shorted out
clutch peddle snapped
washers packed up
handbrake cable brackets snapped
door handle snapped
oil change warning fault
numberplate light wiring failed
eats sidelight bulbs
steering lock stopped working
All in the first 3 years
This has been the most unreliable Fiat we have ever had (we have had many) and will definatly make us think twice about getting another.
Are you STILL going on about this?
You can't post a list like this and then not explain the individual faults. Some of them like the washers are probably ridiculously minor faults which require a fix that takes the dealer a couple of minutes to perform.
madrat
Member
The washers took 1 hour 45 minuets the first time and 35 minuets the second time.
The hill holder plunger has been replaced so far 4 times and has just started to play up again.
And for your information I have only mentioned this list once before so get your facts rite.
The hill holder plunger has been replaced so far 4 times and has just started to play up again.
And for your information I have only mentioned this list once before so get your facts rite.
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That is a long time, as according to Wikipedia a minuet is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, and may have been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular group dances called branle à mener or amener.
madrat
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got carried away with spell check.
Lovely image of the Fiat "technicians" dancing round with spanners.:spin:
Fiats owned: 2
1- 500 1.2 Sport, owned for 2 years. Faults (fixed under warranty): broken door handle
2- Grande Punto Abarth, owned for 2 years (ongoing). Faults (fixed under warranty): coolant leak
Not extensive experience or lengthy Fiat ownership but I found my cars to be reliable and trouble free (touch wood, may it long continue!). Sadly for some, not all Fiats are created equal...
1- 500 1.2 Sport, owned for 2 years. Faults (fixed under warranty): broken door handle
2- Grande Punto Abarth, owned for 2 years (ongoing). Faults (fixed under warranty): coolant leak
Not extensive experience or lengthy Fiat ownership but I found my cars to be reliable and trouble free (touch wood, may it long continue!
). Sadly for some, not all Fiats are created equal...
WOW:worship:
Mine have not snapped off so far. Though I can see some differences in the broken casting and the ones on my handle, perhaps they where revised.first two attached pictures (taken from Adrian Bravo 's Guide "How to fit Fiat 500 door handles to a Bravo) show "the way it should be" , 3rd what - in my case - causes the "malfunction"
My hinge moved really freely there did not seem to be any chance of it binding up, and the pin was such a loose fit it would drop out if the hinge was removed from the handle itself.
Hello, My wife's door handle fell off last week, and I just fitted the new one myself.
It took a couple of hours going slowly & carefully. Very happy I didn't break any clips or chip any paint.
Hardest bit was finding how the door card comes off. I found what I needed in the door sound insulation guide
There's a couple of things that I wish I'd known before starting:
1) The blue plastic socket on the lock that the rod from the handle fits into also clips onto the rod, and needs to be pushed off before pulling out of the socket. I just brute force pried it out and feel lucky I didn't break it.
2) The lock barrel is held in the old handle by a wire retaining clip underneath the black plastic actuator on the back. Break the plastic off, and the lock retainer is obvious.
That info may be on the forum already, but I didn't find it.
Thanks,
Jon
It took a couple of hours going slowly & carefully. Very happy I didn't break any clips or chip any paint.
Hardest bit was finding how the door card comes off. I found what I needed in the door sound insulation guide
There's a couple of things that I wish I'd known before starting:
1) The blue plastic socket on the lock that the rod from the handle fits into also clips onto the rod, and needs to be pushed off before pulling out of the socket. I just brute force pried it out and feel lucky I didn't break it.
2) The lock barrel is held in the old handle by a wire retaining clip underneath the black plastic actuator on the back. Break the plastic off, and the lock retainer is obvious.
That info may be on the forum already, but I didn't find it.
Thanks,
Jon
Have done a search on here for falling off door handle and this thread came up.
Today I noticed that the driver door handle on my 2008 lounge is not going back snug with the door when it has been used. I have to push it back manually
Should I get it looked at as is it perhaps the start of a failing handle OR do other owners have the same issue? I don't use fiat dealer any more so if need to replace will have to find somewhere to order from
Apologies for spelling errors - on iPhone and hard to use FF on it!
Thanks
Today I noticed that the driver door handle on my 2008 lounge is not going back snug with the door when it has been used. I have to push it back manually
Should I get it looked at as is it perhaps the start of a failing handle OR do other owners have the same issue? I don't use fiat dealer any more so if need to replace will have to find somewhere to order from
Apologies for spelling errors - on iPhone and hard to use FF on it!
Thanks
Suspect it just needs lubrication
Shall get Dan on the caseSuspect it just needs lubrication
In my car it started like that, manually pushing back the handle - eventually it stopped closing altogether. Better see to it now I'd recommend
Fiat have now started making a handle repair kit it costs £12.99.
you can buy it from the link below on ebay or from your dealer but as usual they will probably charge more.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-500-...s=Car+Make:Fiat|Model:500&hash=item27cd9e84ec
you can buy it from the link below on ebay or from your dealer but as usual they will probably charge more.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-500-...s=Car+Make:Fiat|Model:500&hash=item27cd9e84ec
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have you got nothing better to do than look and see if Fiat have released parts to fix highly 500 problems?
have you got nothing better to do than look and see if Fiat have released parts to fix highly 500 problems?
Ha, no I run two ebay stores and I am on ebay a lot.
I have a few of saved searches and "fiat 500" is one of them. If it gets listed and has the words fiat 500 in it I see it.
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